Banksy

[ryanchappell]

Apparently Banksy visited Alabama, after New Orleans. This was right around the time that hurricane Gustov forced the evacuation of New Orleans, there was a ton of Louisiana people staying here until it passed.

http://www.bhamweekly.com/archive_article.php?article_id=943&issue_id=131&vol=12#article

http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/122051611977440.xml&coll=2&thispage=1

http://ladue.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/banksy-alabama-piece-removed/

[ohhoe]

I don't really think of banksy as a graffiti artist anymore. But I saw a stencil he did by the Eiffel tower when I was in Paris on 05.


http://b6.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00144/63/56/144936536_l.jpg

and still had piercings. haha.

[xibalba]

They removed it fast, painted over it then removed the entire wall.



...piercings rule.

[ryanchappell]

"They removed it fast, painted over it then removed the entire wall."

Pretty much. It took a day or two.

I wish he had done something more creative, like a civil rights leader spraying a bull or something with a fire hose.

The work was not in a redneck side of town, but a very "urban" part that would not want to look at a clansman everyday.

[ohhoe]

How do they even know it was him?

[ryanchappell]

They don't know for sure, but it has to be him.

He did New Orleans right before Labor Day, before this was done. New Orleans is 6 hours away by car, and when Hurricane Gustov hit New Orleans thousands of people from N.O. and Louisiana drove to Birmingham or through Birmingham, because hotels were full south of here.

[esophagus]

Edit: Misunderstood.

I really don't know if this was Banksy though. It really doesn't "have" to be him, and doesn't look like his style.

[ohhoe]

Edit: Misunderstood.

I really don't know if this was Banksy though. It really doesn't "have" to be him, and doesn't look like his style.

iawtc.

I mean, he's not known for amazingly clean intricate lines, but that one just looks too messy.

[ryanchappell]

iawtc.

I mean, he's not known for amazingly clean intricate lines, but that one just looks too messy.

Good point. The New Orleans work is on his sight but not that in Birmingham.

I think it was him in a hurry, and maybe short on supplies, buy I am far from knowledgeable of his work.

[xibalba]

If it was him it will evenutally show up on his site. Might not have updated it yet.

[esophagus]

iawtc.

I mean, he's not known for amazingly clean intricate lines, but that one just looks too messy.Definitely. Not only that, but it doesn't seem like Banksy imagery. Maybe I'm missing the reference to a past piece of his, but he tends to point out the effected more than the problem. Andhanging someone seems extreme.

[ohhoe]

Definitely. Not only that, but it doesn't seem like Banksy imagery. Maybe I'm missing the reference to a past piece of his, but he tends to point out the effected more than the problem. Andhanging someone seems extreme.

Well I get the imagery. It's supposed to be a KKK member hanging, which is what KKK members did to african american people in the south.

But it's kind of a little bit too obvious for what banksy usually goes for.

[esophagus]

Well I get the imagery. It's supposed to be a KKK member hanging, which is what KKK members did to african american people in the south. I get what it IS. I'm saying it isn't the kind of imagery Banksy generally uses.

[comhcinc]

not to nitpick. but racist assholes in hoods lynched people throughout the country, not just in the south.

the legacy of racial intolerance and crimes belong to the whole nation, not just "the south"

[ohhoe]

not to nitpick. but racist assholes in hoods lynched people throughout the country, not just in the south.

the legacy of racial intolerance and crimes belong to the whole nation, not just "the south"


I only said the south because that's why it makes sense for the location of the stencil.

ANd because I misunderstood what esophagus meant.

[comhcinc]

I only said the south because that's why it makes sense for the location of the stencil.

ANd because I misunderstood what esophagus meant.
it would make just as much sense in New York City as it does in Birmingham. That was my point.

[ohhoe]

it would make just as much sense in New York City as it does in Birmingham. That was my point.

Not really.

KKK members are much more predominant in the south... I encountered many more people that had family members who were in it when I lived in Florida. A man even took my family into the back room at his pawn shop once to show us his KKK stuff, and his father's uniform and stuff.

The whole time I've lived in New York I actually don't think I've even heard someone mention it.




edit: oh, well, the symbol of it yeah. I guess. but lynching happened way way way way more in the south.

[comhcinc]

Not really.

KKK members are much more predominant in the south...

you should read up a little history on the klan, you may be surprised.

[xibalba]

wasn't like 15%+ of the population in the klan in the 20s?

[comhcinc]

wasn't like 15%+ of the population in the klan in the 20s?
yeah and they held big marches in places like D.C. and New York.

[war_fox]

I love Banksy. Over the past two years, he's become a pretty big inspiration.


http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k320/danniki88/1c4e7110.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k320/danniki88/14a65935.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k320/danniki88/71ac3af9.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k320/danniki88/60dfca8a.jpg

[ryanchappell]

Nice art!